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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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